Mom says teen was calm by the time police arrived

Evie Oquendo thought the worst was over when her son’s violent outburst ended outside their east valley apartment Tuesday as he finally became calm after swallowing a handful of her anti-anxiety pills. But the confrontation had been reported to Las Vegas police, setting in motion a chain of events that ended with the teenager dead at his mother’s feet.

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HORSE RACING

Medicare Q&A

Medicare is looking like a big fat piggy bank for health care overhaul.

IN BRIEF

UNLV

Las Vegan battles nerves, serves

Though only 18 years old, Asia Muhammad knows she’s approaching a crossroads in her tennis career.

ON TV/RADIO

BASEBALL

Local has global roots

Today’s Q&A is with junior linebacker Ronnie Paulo, a Western High School graduate who was born in Africa. He and the Rebels play rival UNR at 1 p.m. Saturday in Reno.

THE HOT CORNER

ADAM Hill Review-Journal, 40-30-2 (overall record)

Law snags medical assistant

Betty Guerra won’t be in court today. And it’s possible the medical assistant won’t even be mentioned this morning when District Judge Kathleen Delaney holds a hearing on a temporary restraining order on emergency rules for medical assistants.

Police: Suspect in child-sex case may have preyed at LV day care

A 19-year-old man accused of sexual assault and lewdness with a minor also may have sexually assaulted children at a home day care operated by his mother when he himself was a juvenile, Las Vegas police said Monday.

Deal effect limited

A settlement between Dr. Dipak Desai and a former patient suing him for a hepatitis C infection should have little effect on the dozens of other cases against the doctor and his medical clinics, two lawyers said Monday.

In Brief

SUNDAY COLLISION

Forecast of wind gusts prompts dust warning

Desert dust is going to fly this week as high winds sweep into the valley during the next few days, Clark County officials said Monday.

15 Las Vegas firefighter openings draw hundreds of hopefuls

Craig Mills had been ready for Monday morning for five years. … The 21-year-old Las Vegan stayed physically fit, worked to become a certified emergency medical technician and completed a junior firefighters program. His next step was to apply to become a city firefighter. … About 1,300 other hopefuls lined up behind Mills early Monday, all eyeing 15 existing vacancies and others that might come up in the next few years.

Man pleads not guilty to binding boys

A 20-year-old Las Vegas man accused of tying up his girlfriend’s children and leaving them alone while he watched an NBA basketball game at a bar pleaded not guilty Monday in District Court.

Ratings for pilot in crash high

The pilot of a helicopter that crashed Sunday on Mount Charleston has high ratings with the Federal Aviation Administration but was involved in a crash landing of a helicopter in February on a Southern California beach.

Maglev company vows to steam on

It doesn’t matter what Harry Reid thinks or says, the American Magline Group is moving forward with its plan to build a high-speed rail line from Las Vegas to Anaheim, Calif., project leaders say.

Arbitration

Binding arbitration has made Southern Nevada’s unionized local government employees the best-paid public workers in America. Now the Clark County School District’s police officers want a piece of the action.

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